Last night I received a tip that one of the photographers listed here in 2015, A&K Photography, was back up to his old tricks and using stolen images in his portfolio. Not only that but he’s been pulling no shows at weddings as well. I wonder if he’ll blame the former partner again?

Of course most of the client reviews on his website are plagiarized. Color me shocked.

Updated 2/16/17– New Facebook Page has been added. More plagiarized reviews have been added to his Facebook and Website and the original sources are linked below.

Update 2/26/17– There’s a few updates that I’ve done but in the past week haven’t had the time to properly document so I am adding those here now.

On 2/18/2017 PlatinumPhotographyLLC.com was registered anonymously on Go Daddy. The website not only showed Expression Photo & Design’s images with the same name used to title the images but the phone number for the new company also is linked to Expressions Photo & Design. Since the proof is in the pudding, all of the proof is shown below the cut.

On 2/19/2017 I received a slew of fake reviews across various platforms for my business. One of those reviews had also given Expressions Photo & Design a glowing review… which was plagiarized from another review on a different photographer.

Since 2/21/2017 (my birthday, well done!) I’ve been getting increasingly angry emails, phone calls and texts from a “Gary” claiming that Platinum Photography LLC has no affiliation with Expressions Photo & Design and demanding that I remove the added link to this listing. I even received a Cease and Desist from a law firm that is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.

Mandi recently underwent a rebranding of her website to reflect her new style of photography. Unfortunately that new style is made up of mostly stolen images that show the film style editing which she aspires to shoot but isn’t quite nailing yet (based on her actual images she’s taken which remain). This is a huge reason why I have this website, she’s selling herself based on beautiful images which she hasn’t taken.

One should also note that there are a ton of stock images she’s using as well on her Facebook and Instagram. I am not listing those images as there is no way for me to know if she’s purchased them legally or not but I still find it unethical.

She also may be in the process of rebranding to Element photography based on an Instagram.

I started this post before my wedding yesterday (and posting it as I’m heading out for my second one today) and some things have been taken down after being called out by the original photographers but not all.